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CARTER CREEK FEEDER DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5000770 · 1 · CARTER CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:02 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.

Where it sits

Location as DWR records it. Faint dots are the neighbouring water; click any to open it.

Which of its rights are out of priority?

Not computable for this structure: this structure is not on the modelled flow network, so no reference gage can honestly stand in for it.

Where it sits in line

Priority 1944-11-03 — 168th most senior of the 360 structures with decreed rights in this water districtDWR's administrative subdivision of a river basin; the unit calls are usually stated in..

Under prior appropriationColorado's rule for sharing water: first in time, first in right. Age decides, not proximity or need., everything ahead of it in this line is satisfied in full before it receives any water. Immediately ahead: LAKE AGNES (1941-08-17). Immediately behind: LAKE AGNES WELL NO 2 (1941-08-17).

Decreed rights (1)

Admin noDWR's numeric encoding of a water right's seniority. Smaller is more senior; the integer part counts days from 1849-12-31 to the date that ranks the right. AppropriatedWhen water was first put to beneficial use. It sets seniority unless a prior adjudication date is later. AdjudicatedWhen the water court confirmed the right. A use decreed in 1975 was not a decreed use in 1955, however old the appropriation is. AbsoluteA right actually put to use, as opposed to conditional -- a placeholder for a use not yet made. ConditionalA right reserving a place in line for a use not yet made; it must be diligently pursued or it lapses. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
34762.34641944-11-031964-09-05 102.50.0 AIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 62 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 50 AF — 81% of that, and 4th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

YearDiverted (AFA volume: one acre covered a foot deep, about 326,000 gallons -- roughly a suburban household's outdoor use for a year.)Compared with its own recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2010 63 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median — 25 1.5
2011 119 14th lowest of 15 · 192% of median — 38 2.1
2012 62 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 36 1.3
2013 78 12th lowest of 15 · 126% of median — 29 1.4
2014 9 1st lowest of 15 · 14% of median — 10 0.5
2015 74 11th lowest of 15 · 119% of median — 26 1.5
2016 50 4th lowest of 15 · 81% of median — 11 2.5
2017 117 13th lowest of 15 · 189% of median — 47 1.5
2018 11 2nd lowest of 15 · 18% of median — 13 0.5
2019 58 7th lowest of 15 · 94% of median — 35 1.0
2020 143 15th lowest of 15 · 231% of median — 63 2.0
2021 52 6th lowest of 15 · 84% of median — 31 1.0
2022 27 3rd lowest of 15 · 44% of median — 32 0.5
2023 68 10th lowest of 15 · 110% of median — 41 1.0
2024 50 4th lowest of 15 · 81% of median — 30 1.0

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.